Project Manager Construction
Greystone Design Management Ltd
Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months
True Track is a construction management company that provides on-board service and remote support to different types of clients: developers, consultants, general contractors, and sub-trades.
Achievements:
• Contractual advises at pre-construction stage.
• Contract administration throughout the project life cycle.
• Explored value engineering options on the design
• Constructability review
• Outlined cost-effective construction methodologies.
• Set procurement strategy
• Administered tendering process & bids evaluation
• Risk management
• Scheduling and monitored the work progress
• Established systematized documentation process.
• Cost control
• T&C and project closeout.
• Set contractual approach that suits the client/the project situation.
Operations & Integrations
-Established policies, procedures & inter-departmental relations that ensured efficient process.
-Directed all aspects of construction operations.
-Set tendering and construction strategies that suits the project characteristics.
-Prioritized the requirements, and accordingly set assignments to staff and effectively monitored the performance.
-Set timetable for every department and made sure that the processes are meeting the target dates.
-Defined the required resources, allocations & mapped sourcing strategies.
-Guided procurement process to the most efficient approaches and cost-effective solutions.
-Made sure that all construction requirements are raised on timely manner to procurement department as per master program.
-Foresaw risks/challenges and took advance mitigation actions.
-Conducted regular meetings with department heads to address all obstacles & set alternative solutions.
-Chaired meetings with contractors, as and, when required, if critical matters are observed.
-Updated higher management with all aspects of operations and work hand-in-hand with them to build strategic decisions.
-Organized the communications among Planning, Qs, Construction, Procurements & Accountant Departments.
-Created team culture, cooperation spirit & positively motivated employees.
-Systemized the documentations and made sure that every document is complete, updated, and appropriately stored in traceable manner.
-Developed cooperative relations and communications with stakeholders.
Contractually & Commercially
-Generated tender documents, contract documents, terms, conditions and contractual clauses with every stakeholder.
-Imposed contractual terms & clauses that provided utmost control on the performance of contractors & minimized risks exposure.
-Effectively, managed those arose contractual matters, handled contractual correspondences & managed crises.
-Made certain that every stakeholder is adhered to the assigned contract, scope & specifications.
-Developed standard terms and conditions for all type of contract categories; lumpsum, re-measurable, provisional sum, prime cost, etc.
-Led negotiations with stakeholders on contract price, terms, clauses, time & cost implications.
-Recorded the violations of any stakeholders towards their contract agreements.
-Led technical and commercial evaluations of the bids and finalized/approved the comparison sheets.
-Approved Purchase Orders, Contract Agreements & monthly Payment Certificates of accomplished works.
-Finalized terms of payments with other parties in a way, maintained stable cash flow.
-Monitored expenditures versus actual work progress throughout the project lifecycle.
Technically & Quality Assurance
-Examined the design before commencing the construction and minimized the ambiguities.
-Utilized value engineering options during the review of the design and during construction.
-Directed construction team to the latest technologies that reduced construction period.
-Introduced Scope Matrixes among those interfacing parties and tightened the coordination matters.
-Set RACI Matrix for the project stakeholders and defined the Documents Flow among the parties.
-Set systematic procedures for the coordination among civil activities, finishes & MEP \[mechanical, electrical & plumbing\] activities.
-Enhanced QA/QC process, set tracking procedures & implemented ISO standards.
-Made certain that all approvals are obtained & documented properly in traceable manner.
-Organized handing over process among different contractors at those interfacing areas.
-Promoted suitable project management system & time management culture for achieving the milestones.
-Made sure that all ongoing activities and/or completed activities are carried out in-line with the respective design, approved drawings & specifications.
Achievements @ Dynamic & Tashyeed:
• Drove the procurement process from compiling tender documents, issuing RFPs, evaluated the bids commercially & technically till negotiation & award.
• Negotiated contract agreements terms with subcontractors in favor of the project.
• Managed the performance of all sub-trades earthworks, structures, finishes, aluminum, joineries, dry walls, gypsum work, plumbing, air-conditioning, electrical, elevators, landscape, kitchens, security systems, etc.
• Liaised with consultants and clients on all aspects, i.e., meetings, approvals, inspections, progress, variations claims, obstacles, technical issues, etc.
• Strengthened relations with stakeholders, which resulted in having a further business.
• Improved the design by utilizing value engineering options that saved 4% from the overall cost of the Sukoon Tower project.
• Controlled the expenses vs the budget throughout the project life cycle.
• Foresaw risks and took proactive corrective actions.
• Participated in establishing an internal MEP department for the company and successfully set the necessary inner process.
• Project closeout. Ensured that all documents were complete, organized, recorded, and filed in a traceable manner.
Constructed:
- Twin Residential Towers, 45 storeys each, (Sukoon Towers)
- Four storeys residential building
- Luxury villa
- Landscape of a park and large swimming pool
Achievements:
• Controlled the performance of the sub-trades, coordinated among them, tracked the progress, led the meetings, QA/QC, and the records.
• Took advance remedial actions against foreseen delays.
• Made sure that all shop drawings and materials had been submitted for approval on time.
• Examined subcontractors' schedules and integrated them with the Master Program.
• Managed to turn over the areas among the sub-trades through systematic procedures that avoided hindering the progress.
• Appropriately coordinated interior works and MEP activities on drawings and at the site.
• Maintained tracking sheets for all construction documents (e.g., RFIs, submittals, inspections, approvals) in a traceable manner.
Constructed:
- High Rise, five star hotel, 43 storey, (The Address Hotel)
- 500 no Villas, Housing Project, (Living Legends)
Achievements:
• Oversaw the production of Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical LV/ELV Shop Drawings.
• Ensured that all MEP drawings are consistent with structure and architect drawings.
• Assisted in preparing the Coordinated/Combined Shop Drawings\] of all MEP systems.
• Controlled the work progress at the site along with structural & architectural works.
• Assured the quality of delivered material and proper workmanship at the site.
• Tested, commissioned & handed over the completed sections.
Constructed:
- Le-Meridian Beach Resort Hotel, 21 storeys
- 829 no Villa, Housing Project, (Arabian Ranches)
- 60 no Villas, Housing Project (Emirates Lakes)
- Commercial Building, 9 storys, (Nissan Show-Rooms and HQ)